Bertha Lorinda WICKHAM ^{1 3}

  General Notes:

PHOTO: submitted by Marty Greenlief

IA MARRIAGES, 1809-1996:
Groom's Name: John Wesley Smith
Groom's Birth Date: 1867
Groom's Age: 29
Bride's Name: Bertha L. Wickham
Bride's Birth Date: 1873
Bride's Age: 23
Marriage Date: 22 Jan 1896
Marriage Place: Iowa, United States
Groom's Father's Name: L. H. Smith
Groom's Mother's Name: Lettia Robertson
Bride's Father's Name: "Wenfeild" Wickham
Bride's Mother's Name: Mary Hartwell
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I10048-2
System Origin: Iowa-EASy
Source Film Number: 1034940
Reference Number: p 203

1900 IL CENSUS, Lake Co, Deerfield Twp, Highland Park: Wesley Smith Feb 1867, 33, married 4 yrs, b. MO, father b. MO, mother b. TN, electrician; wife Bertha Aug. 1874, 25, married 4 yrs, 2 children, 2 living, b. IA parents b. OH; son Lyle Jan. 1897, 3, b. IL, father b. MO, mother b. IA; son Marcie Feb. 1899, 1, b. IL, father b. MO, mother b. IA.

1910 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Clay Twp: Bertha Smith, 36, wd, b. IA, servant, rents house; son Lyle, 13, b. IL; son Marcie, 11, b. IL; dau. Ethel, 4, b. WA. Father of children was b. MO. (Bertha's sister Dora and husband Harry Greenlief were listed on same census page)

1920 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Clay Twp: Lyle W. Smith, 22, single, head, b. IL, farmer; mother Bertha L., 45, wd, b. IA; brother Marcis L, 20, b. IL, carpenter; sister Ethal A., 13, b. WA.

1925 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co: Bertha Smith and daughter Ethel were living with Bertha's father W. S. Wickham.

1930 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Clay Twp: Bertha Smith, head, 56, wd, rent $5, b. IA, not employed; son Lyle Smith, 33, single, b. IL, laborer, street construction.

Bertha married John Wesley SMITH on 22 Jan 1896 in Steamboat Rock, Hardin Co, IA.^{1 2} (John Wesley SMITH was born on 12 Feb 1867 in MO,⁴ died on 17 Aug 1906 in Seattle, King Co, WA ⁴ and was buried in Steamboat Rock Cem, Steamboat Rock, Hardin Co, IA ⁴.)